Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind

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Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind is a seminal work by Wilfrid Sellars, a leading twentieth-century American philosopher. Originally published in 1956, the book challenges the traditional "Myth of the Given" and critiques the doctrine of "knowledge by acquaintance" upheld by figures such as Russell and Ayer. This pivotal essay reshaped analytic philosophy by undermining foundationalist assumptions and questioning the nature of epistemology itself. The edition includes an introduction by Richard Rorty and a study guide by Robert Brandom, making the complex ideas more accessible to students and scholars interested in philosophy and its history.
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This book is ideal for students, scholars, and readers deeply interested in philosophy, particularly those focusing on philosophy of mind, epistemology, and analytic tradition. It suits those seeking to understand central shifts in twentieth-century philosophy and the work of Wilfrid Sellars.

First published in essay form in 1956, this book presents Sellars' entire philosophical system and his attack on the Myth of the Given, which raised doubts about the very idea of "epistemology". An introduction situates the work within the history of recent philosophy.

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The most important work by one of America's greatest twentieth-century philosophers, Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind is both the epitome of Wilfrid Sellars' entire philosophical system and a key document in the history of philosophy. First published in essay form in 1956, it helped bring about a sea change in analytic philosophy.

It broke the link, which had bound Russell and Ayer to Locke and Hume—the doctrine of "knowledge by acquaintance." Sellars' attack on the Myth of the Given in Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind was a decisive move in turning analytic philosophy away from the foundationalist motives of the logical empiricists and raised doubts about the very idea of "epistemology."

With an introduction by Richard Rorty to situate the work within the history of recent philosophy, and with a study guide by Robert Brandom, this publication of Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind makes a difficult but indisputably significant figure in the development of analytic philosophy clear and comprehensible to anyone who would understand that philosophy or its history.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780674251557

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 March 1997

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard University Press

Contributors:

Supplement by Robert B. Brandom
Introduction by Richard Rorty
Supplement by Robert B. Brandom
Introduction by Richard Rorty
Supplement by Robert B. Brandom

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 227g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Wilfrid Sellars (1912-1989) graduated from the University of Michigan in 1933. He taught at Iowa, Minnesota, and Yale, and was University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh from 1963 until his death. His works include Science and Metaphysics (1968) and Science, Perception, and Reality (1963). Richard Rorty (1931–2007) authored several landmark books and essay collections, including Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature; Consequences of Pragmatism; Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity; and Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in Twentieth-Century America. He taught at Wellesley College, Princeton University, the University of Virginia, and Stanford University. Robert B. Brandom is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and a Fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the British Academy. He delivered the John Locke Lectures at the University of Oxford and the Woodbridge Lectures at Columbia University. Brandom is the author of many books, including Making It Explicit, Reason in Philosophy, and From Empiricism to Expressivism (all from Harvard).